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Environmental Science Faculty

Evan Ringquist
Professor

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990

Professor Ringquist began his academic training at Moorhead State University (receiving degrees in political science, economics, and biology) and continued this training at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he received the M.A. and Ph.D. in political science and M.S. in environmental studies. With this background, it's not surprising that Professor Ringquist values highly the interdisciplinary approach to studying public affairs and public policy emphasized at SPEA. Interdisciplinary elements are common in Professor Ringquist's courses in public policy, environmental and energy policy, policy evaluation, and quantitative analysis.

Professor Ringquist's research generally uses statistical tools to investigate the consequences of policy choices made by governments, and to examine questions of bureaucratic behavior and state politics and policy. Most typically these issues are analyzed within the substantive context of environmental policy, and Prof. Ringquist's research in this area has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy. Professor Ringquist's current research activities include assessing the extent to which candidates for public office keep their campaign promises once elected (funded by the National Science Foundation), employing environmental monitoring and remote sensing data to evaluate the effectiveness of international environmental agreements (funded by the German Marshall Fund of the United States), completing a long-term study of environmental equity (funded by the National Science Foundation), and a handful of smaller joint research projects with graduate students.

Finally, Dr. Ringquist believes that scholars have an obligation to employ their unique combination of skills and knowledge outside of the university. In this vein, Professor Ringquist has served as a consultant to the National Park Service, the Texas Governor's Energy Office, the Wisconsin Commission for the Study of Administrative Values and Efficiency, the Dade County Human Services Coalition, the Sierra Club, and other organizations.

Recent Publications
Ringquist, Evan J. (2005). “Assessing the Evidence of Regarding Environmental Inequities: A Meta-Analysis.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24(2):223-247.

Ringquist, Evan J., and Tatiana Kostadinova. (2005). “Evaluating the Effectiveness of International Environmental Agreements: The Case of the 1985 Helsinki Protocol.” American Journal of Political Science 49(1):86-102.

Ringquist, Evan J., and Carl Dasse. (2004). “Lies, Damned Lies, and Campaign Promises.” Social Science Quarterly 85(2):400-419.

Ringquist, Evan J. (2004). “Environmental Justice.” In Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities, Bob Durant, Rosemary O’Leary, and Daniel Fiorino (Eds.). MIT Press.

Ringquist, Evan J., Jeff Worsham, and Marc Allen Eisner. (2003). “Salience, Complexity, and the Legislative Direction of Regulatory Bureaucracies.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 13(2):141-164.

Ringquist, Evan J. 2003. "Environmental Justice: Normative Concerns, Empirical Evidence, and Government Action." In Environmental Policy: New Directions for the 21st Century, Norman Vig and Michael Kraft (Eds.). Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly.

Ringquist, Evan J., and David Clark. 2002. “Issue Definition and the Politics of State Environmental Justice Policy Adoption.” International Journal of Public Administration 25(2,3):351-389.

Ringquist, Evan J. 2001. “The Need for Sound Judgment in Analyzing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Enforcement Actions.” Law and Society Review 35(3):683-698.